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These were Brewer's best five gallon kits for reference.

Hello. The first photo is of an American cream ale. 17 days in the primary and 13 days in the bottle. Probably a little over carbonated. The second photo is of an Irish stout, under carbonated due to measuring error. 14 days in the primary and 13 days in the bottle. I will let the stout mature...

I just bottled an American cream ale and was wondering the exact same thing. Never took the lid off during fermentation and used star san plus totally clean process. It did have a slightly cloudy look to it but tasted and smelled great. A little confusing but i know it produced plenty of...

That was a fascinating article. It brought to mind a few things. I visited the Florida keys where everything had to be shipped in on one highway and it was always hot. I don't think i got a beer handed to me there that was not slightly skunky, just being honest, i am from a cold climate. However...

My plan is to produce 4 cases of 24 at least a month for maybe 12 months. I have two five gallon fermenters and will save one case of each style indefinitely. I want to have 400 plus bottles when done thus drinking one case of each kind every month. I don't know why, maybe I need to go on the...

I learned something dealing with priming sugar, Ounces is a weight measurement and tablespoons is a volume measurement. I typed in to google how many tablespoons are in an ounce and it said 2. Well, no, I am pretty sure they mean water. 1 oz of water is 2 tablespoons. Priming sugar is much...

Hi. I just brewed my second and third five gallon batches ever. They were five gallons of American cream ale and five gallons of Irish stout from brewer's best. They are bottle conditioning now. First ever was a red ale but it got infected. :( The first batch I did on an electric kitchen stove...

I spy with my little eye, at my local supply store. What's on deck. Fermenters are now empty and next will be a honey brown ale and a Belgian golden ale from brewer's best. The honey brown ale used to be my drink of choice when i was broke.

Although it is not a human pathogen. Just from personal experience with my wild yeast beer. I am not sure if you want to put it in your belly. Might be a little discomforting. Just trying to be a friend. We are trying to help. I drank my wild yeast beer and bubbleguts galore. but hey, it is your...

Did you use a food grade sanitizer? Just curious. Star san is a brand name of the one that i used. I used sanitizer on my very first batch and it still got infected with wild yeast. It was a red ale but it turned cloudy and was very sour.

One thing they have taught me is that the fermenter can actually breathe in through the airlock when it gets going. If you have star san in your airlock it could suck it in. Just a technicality. I don't think it really matters. It takes up to 72 hours to see signs of fermentation but you said...

Gee whiz. My hydrometer was probably 40 degrees! Now that's a newb mistake. Thanks guys.

I have been looking at some charts and I think I was reading the brix readings. My hydrometer was also brought in out of a cold garage, can that affect it? I am going to disregard my own attempt at reading this round. Looking at some charts you are right it shouldn't have dropped that far. I...

I must be reading the wrong side of my hydrometer. I think it actually says 15 to 10 on the part that says beer start, then the part that says beer finish is 5 to 0. It's a newb hydrometer and actually says beer start and beer finish on it. Anyhow, I read it at around the 10 for OG on cream ale...

I personally don't care about saving money because, is it just me or does the beer taste SO much better 100 percent fresh? I even like the taste of the unfinished sample at bottling time over a can of store bought now. It seems so natural.